Pod Save America’s public firing of Tim Miller is oddly sanctimonious
Have the Pod’s hosts ever taken any money that doesn’t ‘square with the values’ they purport to hold?
Robert Jackman
Friday
Tuesday
No, the Proud Boys aren’t an extremist group
They’re just mindless thugs barging into the culture war
Brexit Britain needs 21st century borders
From our UK edition
Whatever form Brexit might take, the Government has been clear about its intentions to take the country global: the Prime Minister has promised that post-Brexit Britain will be an outward-looking country, trading and engaging with countries from across the world. But if Britain is to copy with the increase in trade and visitors (both of
Wednesday
Tony Blair exposes Labour’s Brexit cynicism
From our UK edition
Tony Blair has urged Labour MPs to vote against Theresa May’s deal when it comes to the Commons. In a speech at the British Academy this afternoon, Blair described the deal as ‘pointless’ and added that it was ‘gut-wrenching’ that Labour was not doing more to get a second referendum. Blair’s views on Brexit aren’t
Tuesday
Mumsnet and the British media aren’t ‘transphobic’
From our UK edition
Is the British media transphobic? Yes, according to a writer in the Outline, a US publication, who accuses the Times and the Guardian of rampant bigotry in the row about gender. Several prominent British feminists are also singled out for alleged ‘hate-peddling’. The logic here is muddled but is worth unpicking. The author appears to claim that the
Wednesday
William Sitwell’s mistake wasn’t to make a joke about vegans
From our UK edition
William Sitwell, the writer and food critic made famous by Masterchef, has quit as editor of Waitrose’s food magazine following the backlash against his response to a vegan journalist. When Selene Nelson wrote to Sitwell to pitch a series of ‘plant-based’ recipes, he replied with another idea: “How about a series on killing vegans, one by one.
